they say that governments, parliments and prime ministers that were elected by people do represent the people...
so why do some people deny their agreement on anything wrong done towards other nations..??
e.g., The war in Iraq
the UK and USA went tot war as a result of dicisions made by persons who were elected democratically by the nation..
so why the same people who elected them don't accept the consequences of their leaders dicisions??
---- i'm completely neutral and i'm not justifying anything that may come in mind.... it's just a question....
2007-07-03 03:21:18 · 9 answers · asked by KarlosCharlos 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A good example of how the "media" is a tool of the politicians.
As you have pointed out, our supposed representatives are elected employees, highly paid and highly intractable.
They style themselves out "leaders", the media is the foremost tool used in spreading this fiction, as they also call them our leaders. Leaches is more like it.
I don't need a leader. In situations where leadership is needed it is never a politician that emerges as the one capable of getting the task completed. With the sycophant media at their beck and call they do manage to take the credit when something goes right.
2007-07-03 03:37:55 · answer #1 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Politicians are what they are because they crave power. After all, they are just ugly celebrities. Self promotion is their absolute goal.
Decisions should always be left to the people. In these days of text and phone voting, there is no reason that all major decisions could not be put before the general public, and let them decide.
2007-07-03 03:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by wonkyfella 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is really the people who did not vote for those running the country that make the most fuss. The anti-war people most likely did not vote for Bush in 2000 and definitely did not vote for him in 2004. The losing side refuses to accept that these countries are run by the majority.
2007-07-03 03:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What winds me up is people who moan about the state of the country, but don't bother getting off their bums to actually vote. It is a privilege to have to right to vote, (many nations around the world would love the chance to have their say, I can guarantee it), and if you ignore that privilege, you have no right to complain.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
2007-07-03 03:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by lululaluau 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was the subject of the "Not In My Name" protest and demonstrations. The art of politics is the art of the possible. It wasn't possible with the US oil industry weighing heavily on George Bush's shoulders to prevent the US going to war in Iraq and dragging his lap-dog Blair with him. You have got to realise that all politicians speak with a forked tongue and have one set of policies before election and another hidden agenda that emerges afterwards.
Winston Churchill once said, "Democracy is the worst form of government that we know,but it is the best we have tried up to now."
2007-07-03 03:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in the uk at least we can only vote in the lesser of two (and a half) evils.... don't really have a choice as to what happens. the protests in the streets have shown that we didn't really want to go to war
2007-07-03 03:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by phedro 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
politicians stopped representing the will of the people a LONG time ago.
2007-07-03 03:24:11 · answer #7 · answered by Kevy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ultimately USA voters are responsible for USA foreign policy, whether they like it or not.
2007-07-03 03:25:11 · answer #8 · answered by Hothman 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
kevw25 is dead on. The US is a plutocracy.
2007-07-03 03:26:58 · answer #9 · answered by jck_kerouac 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋